#6 Bobcat Golf with Nine-Stroke Grip on Lead at SpringHill Intercollegiate

Sep 13, 2010

FLORENCE, S.C. – With a whopping four
golfers under par after two rounds, the No. 6 Georgia College &
State University golf team owns a nine stroke lead over a primarily
Division I field at the SpringHill Suites Intercollegiate, hosted
by Francis Marion University. The Bobcats shot a 280, then a 282 to
be 14-under par at a 562 score.

Senior Billy Shida (Berkeley Lakes, Ga.) and
sophomore Pat Garrett (Kennesaw, Ga.) share the
Bobcat lead at six under par, but got there in vastly different
ways at the par-72, 7,062-yard Country Club of South Carolina
course.

Shida cut two strokes off his first-round 70, posting a 68 in
round two, tying for the second-best round two score. Garrett put
up a paltry 67 in round one, the second-best of that frame,
followed by a second round 71. Both golfers are tied for
second.

Sophomore Bernardo Bide (Olavarria, Argentina)
stands at one-under after two rounds, tied with teammate
Gavin Harper (Twin City, Ga.). Bide followed up a
first round 72 with a 71, while the freshman inverted the scores to
tie Bide for 11th. Freshman Victor Monte
(Chantilly, Va.) has posted a 159 (80-79), tying for
76th.

The Bobcats are holding off UT-Chattanooga by nine strokes, and
third place Jacksonville State University by and even 10. The only
other Division II program in the tournament, fellow Peach Belt
Conference (PBC) competitor USC Aiken, is seventh.

Chattanooga's Chris Robb leads the individual listings,
posting a 66 and 69 for nine-under. Shida and Garrett are tied with
three others for second.

The third and final round of the tournament is tomorrow, Sept.
14.

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